The First International Bank of Israel Ltd. · Tel Aviv Israel ·(Tel Aviv: FIBI)

As Israel's fifth-largest banking group, First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) wants to keep the new Israeli shekel circulating smoothly for all its private and corporate customers. The bank offers a smorgasbord of financial products such as deposits, mortgages, foreign exchange, portfolio management, underwriting, leasing, and fund and portfolio management services. Bolstered with its network of more than 100 branches and three chief domestic subsidiaries, the bank also owns key companies in London (FIBI Bank UK) and in Zurich (FIBI Bank Switzerland). In 2008 it acquired a 51% stake in Bank Massad, a bank serving the teaching profession, for some $69 million. To read the full description, subscribe now.